Construction of foundation-walls.



PATENTBD JULY 24, 1906.

C. A. NEWMAN. CONSTRUCTIGN 0F FOUfl-DATION WALLS.

APPLIGATIOH FILED MAY 16, 1905.

PATENTS!) JULY 24, 1906.

0. A. NEWMAN. cous'musmon OF FOUNDATION WALLS.

APPLIDATIDE FILED MAY 16. 1905.

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CLARK A. NEWMAN, OF ATLANTIQ CITY. NEW JERSEY. coNsTRucTloN F FouNDATion-wALLs.

ms. 826,5ii7.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.

Applioatlon filed May 16, 1905. Serial Hal-*2 60,845.

To all whom if may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARK A. NEWMAN, a, :itizen of theUnited States, residing at Al:- antio Cit in the county of Atlantic and ltato of ew Jersey, have invented new and lseful Improvements in Construction of Foundation-Wells, of which the following is l. s ecifieation.

his-invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the method of and means for constructing foundations for buildings, cellar-w ails, arch-brid es, abutments and piers, wherves, sea-we ls, break- Woters, jetties, reservoirs, rel;aiming-wells Mid like like for any and all purposes, end is m- -=t efficacious in places where it is difficult and sometimes impossible to excavate for a, foundation,

In mines, in sandy soils, in fact, in any and all places Where excavation can he carried on only at great risk of life and limb and also to property, my invention will be found of great value.

'ihe present invention has for its objools; among others, to providefor the building of a foundation, &e., without the necessity of excavaling, the well being built of blocks of concrete or other suitable material eonst-ruot-' ed to interlock. and sunk into )GSlllOll by means of jets of water or other old caused to pass through holes in the blocks,

Any suitable form of block may be employed, strengthened, or reinforced, if found desirable, by a metal or other-reinforce, and the interlocking being accomplished in siny suitable manner. Y

In some instances it may be ioundtliat the block will not sink )ei'feotly level or lumb. in this ease I provide for causing the uid to flow et one or more corners and 51:0 ping it at the other till the block seeks its evel. In some instances but one ipe for the fluid may be employed. The looks are so construetecl that a block may he slipped into place upon top of the block already slink iltllOllt the necessity of lifting the same 'to lower it over the pipe. A sidewiee movement 1:5 all that. is necessary.

I may employ a practically solid baseblock to be first sunk into the sand and lhrough which the water-pipe is passed, the other blocks of the wall resting therou 01). and all the blocks being interlocked at their ud noent edges and also upon their adjacent horizontal faces, and thus the blocks are interlocked in two different directions at substantially right angles to each other, by which means relative movement of tho l)l0(3k$ l8 prevented.

Other obi'eots endarlvantegos of lhe invention wi 'novel lea-tines thereof will be specifically defined, by tho appended claims.

Thein'vention is clearly illustrated in the aecomponying drawings, which, \rli h the nnmeralsfof reference marked thereon, form a art of thissnecifieation, and-in wlliclh ignre i is a side elevation with a portion' in section, Sl owin a portion of a, Wall construotodin' aeeorr once with in; invention. Fig. 2 is e ifi'o p filnn with n poriion in serron. Fig. 3 is an elsyation with a portion broken away and e inrt in section, showing a well is-iii; eseliri linse plate or block upon which, ilieofiiel blocks rest. Fig. =1 a plan rioix' "with the liloolis in horizontal section, showlog a somewhat; lTlOdlllBd form of oonstrortion of the interlocking joints. Fig. 5 is u sirniler View showing a slight modification of thy same.

Like numerals of roloronoe indicate like parts throughout tho sovorol virws in which obey appear.

Referring now to the details of fhe dramings, 1 re )resonts blocks of concrete or cvment or the like oil-st in molds and provided with a substantially control hollow iorllon 2, as seen clearly'in Figs 2, 4', and 5, or upurose Whioh will soon be made or iLICHl. lhese blocks may be of any desirer shape and size and they msy be reinforced and i hereinafter appear and the strengthened by a metal or other reinforce 3, as seen in Figs. 2, 4, and 5. The blocks are made to interlock in any convenient manners '11) Fig; 2 the are shown as provided uponone side wit 1 a rib or nojecilon 4, whiol'i may assume any desired 5 ope, and upon file op osito side with a. recess 5, lilo reeess exten ing through to the hollow 1-3 of the block; as shown, so that the blocks may be plaoecliir position by sliding or moving them horizontally, the opening 6 permitlin of this action endevoldmg the nooessit o lifting no blocks vertically to place t our over the pipe, which will soon be described. The lower ends of the lowermost bloolis may be triggered or rounded, as soon at T in Fig 3 iifonild neoossary or (lor-lruhlv, to 3::errnii them to more readily sink into the send and to allow for tholnore rend; low of the sand inforce when employe as it is acted upon by the water flowing through the pi The blocks may be fur- I ther provided with means to prevent relative movement tliereot as, or instance, with the ii'iterengaging-teats 8 and holes or depressions 9, respectively, in their adjacent horizontal faces, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3. The teats may be on the lower face of the upper block, as seen in Fig. 1, and engaged in the holes in the upper faces of the lower or under blocks, or the teats may be on the upper faces of theblocks, as seen in Fig. 2, to engage holes in the under faces of the blocks above them. The result is the same in both instances.

interlocked in position.

In Figs. 2 and 5 I have shown a block 10, at the corner of a wall. This. blocks, provided with a rib or projection- 11 on two sides, the object of which will be obvious from. an inspection of these The remaining blocks in the wall will he like those previously des iribed-that is, with a rib on one side and a recess for the reception of a rib on the opposite side:

As will be seen. in Fi s. 2,4, and 5, there- (i extends into the rib l to strengthen the same.

i e lowermost block, as seen in Fig. 1;is practically solid at the bottom, with the exception oi the hole 12 for the passage of the pipe 13.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a base-block l4, solid except for a hole for the passage of the pipe, and sometimes yenlarge this openin 7, as seen at 15 the walls thereof being inclined, as seen llL Fig. 3, to facilitate the sinking of the block into the sand. I

In practice the blocks are driven or sunk by means of water-jets by means of the pipe 13, extended through the opening in the owermost block into the sand as seen'in'Fig.

l and also in 3. The-wall is built'u as the blocks are sunk byplacing one book upon another, breaking joints in the usual way, as seen in Fi s. 1 and 3. The jets'of water wash away t e sand or other material upon which the blocks rest, it being understood that the pipes may be removable and tive movement; but it is may be differently arran ed,

torn with In some cases I may pipes, as seen in Fig.

loc may employ 5, Where four pipes 16 within the hollow be sunk evenly, and

a plurality of I have shown 2, so that the if one corner should sink faster than another the water through the pipe at that corner ma off for a moment or so till the block be shut seeks a level and then the water turned on again. ore or less. pipes may beemployed as may be found most expedient.

The teats 9 at diagonally in order to best hold the bl Without departing cations in detai may from the spirit of the inare shown in Fig. 2 as arranged opposite corne ocks against relaevident that rs of the blocks they if desired.

be resorted to vention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed 1. A wall openin for sin ting the same. 2. A wall formed ocks terior,

les to each other.

uppermost block its bottom and 4. A block havin passage therethroug said passa e forming a t1on of a 11 of a removable pered at"the corners.

In testimony whereof I a 1n A wall composed of hollow at top and bottom, superirn the other," the lowermost b opening with inclined walls,

being practically closed at having an opening for the passage of a removable'pipe.

a vertically-disposed a side. opening from socket for the recepon an adjacent block and a botcoritracted opening for the passage 88 new 18* of hollow interlocking having lateral openings from the inand openat their u their lower ends formed wi opening for the passage of a removable pipe pper ends, with th a contracted blocks open posed one upon ock having an and the next pipe, said bottom being taffix my s gnature presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLARK A. NEWMAN. a 8.1

Witnesses: ALBERT W. IRVING, MARION OWEN. 

